Engaging and learning with water infrastructure:Rufaro Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe

Chitata, Tavengwa and Kemerink-Seyoum, Jeltsje and Cleaver, Frances (2021) Engaging and learning with water infrastructure:Rufaro Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe. Water Alternatives, 14 (3). pp. 690-716. ISSN 1965-0175

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Abstract

In this paper, we focus on changes made in the form and materiality of water infrastructure in a smallholder irrigation scheme in Zimbabwe. We use this focus on sociotechnical tinkering as a practical entry point to exploring how these changes matter in shaping knowledges and relationships in irrigated agriculture. Drawing on data collected through ethnographic methods, we show how history and politics matter in shaping the possibilities of rearranging infrastructure. Equally important are the knowledge-laden, embodied and discursive practices of the farmers, operators and engineers who engage with infrastructure. We argue that through the knowledges, creativity and agency of people interacting with irrigation infrastructure, water as well as power are (re)defined and (re)distributed in subtle and often unexpected, yet significant, ways.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Water Alternatives
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305
Subjects:
?? GROUNDWATERIRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURESMALLHOLDER FARMINGKNOWLEDGEZIMBABWEPOLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSMANAGEMENT, MONITORING, POLICY AND LAWGEOGRAPHY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ??
ID Code:
160875
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Deposited On:
12 Oct 2021 08:25
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
16 Sep 2023 02:23